Etymology

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Today it means: A decorative element found especially in early medieval art Full definition →

Middle English entrelacen ← Anglo-Norman entrelacer ← Old French inter-
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  1. Old French · derived frominter-
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromentrelacer
  3. Middle English · inherited fromentrelacen
  4. English todayinterlace

From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.